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V OPENER AND FASTENBR FOR DOORS. No. 305.443;

Patented Sgapt. 23, 1884.

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AUGUSTUS M. FREEMAN, OF OCEAN GROVE, N. J., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, JOHN I.HOLLEY, OF NEW YORK,'N. Y., AND ALEXANDER O. KELLY AND BERGENVANDERHOVEN, BOTH OF METUOHEN, N. J.

OPENER AND FASTENER FOR DOORS.

SPEQIPICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 305,443, dated September.23, 1884.

Application filed May 2, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Aueus'rus M. Fann- MAN,of Ocean Grove, in the county of M011- mouth and Stateof New Jersey,have invented an Improvement in an Opener and Fastener for Doors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is especially intended for car doors, but the same may beused for other doors, such as stable and ice house doors. Slidingfreight-ear doors are difficult to open, especially in starting thesame. That also is the case in the doors of ice-houses, stables, &c.,and as many of these doors clear the 1 jamhs and move freely after beingstarted, it is only necessary to move the same to the extent of one ortwo inches by apowerful force, and the rest of the distance they may bemoved freely by hand. So, also, in closing 2 the door it is important'tobeable' to apply considerable force in bringing the door snugly home toits place. it

In carrying out my improvement, I inak use of a lever, starter, andlatch combined.

One part of the lever forms a handle. One of the short ends forms alatch, by which the door can beclosed and held, and the other short partof the lever forms a pry, by which the door is started in opening thesame.

0 In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the fastener and openeras applied to a sliding car-door. Fig. 2 represents the catchblock uponthe door-jamb, and Fig. 3 shows the catch-block in the form required fora 5 swinging door.

The door A is of any desired character. In Fig. 1 it is shown as asliding (Ba-P410012 B is the door frame or jamb. V

The lever D is hung upon a pivot, e, and

the long end terminates as a handle, f. At the short end are two prongs,one of which forms a latch, g, and the other forms a pry, h. Thecatch-block k is adapted at the end i to receive the latch g, and theother end, 0,

to be pressed against by the pry h. The end of the latch g is a hookwith an inclined face, 2, and when the door is being closed the ban dlef is raised and the latch 9 passes under the end i of the catch-block7c, and as the lever is depressed the inclined face 2, running upagainst the back edge of the catch-block,

the lever is locked to place.

acts to pull the sliding door firmly to its place, and it cannot beunfastened, provided I prefer to do this by the flange 4, fastened tothe car, and 5 the flange 5 upon the lever, both of which flanges areperforated for the passage of a lock-shackle, or for a staple. withholes at its ends for receiving a sealing wire or string. The pry hrests at its end against the camshaped side 0 of the catch-block, andwhen it is (lesired to open the door the sealing staple or lock isremoved and the handle f used to movethe lever D, and by the end vresting against the cam side of the catch-block the swinging ot' thelever-handlef upwardly causes the part h of the lever to act as a pry toforce the door along and commence to open the same. WVhennot in use, thelever can be swung into the position shown in Fig. l by dotted lines,the stud or stop 8 holding the lever in nearly a vertical position. Ifthe door swings instead of slides, the "lever and its forks are made thesame, except that the incline 2 is not required on the lever. cam 0 is,however, made upon the face of the catch-block, and the incline 2 isupon the inner side of the downwardly-projeeting lower end, so that whenthe lever is moved after the door is swung to, the end 9 passing be hindthis incline 2, the door is forced back into its frame, and when thelever end fis raised the pry 7b is moved down the earner incline 0, andthe door is pried open.

I claim as my invention a 1. The lever D, having the handlef at one endand the two forks h and g at the other end, in combination with thecatch-block having the cam 0, against which the lever end h acts as apry, substantially as set forth.

2. The lever D, having the handlef at one end and the two forks 71; andg at the other end, with the incline 2 upon the end of the fork g, incombination with the catclrblock, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 26th day of April, A. D. 1884..

AUGUSTUS M. FREEMAN.

\Vitnesses:

Geo. T. PINOKNEY, WILLIAM GJMorr.

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